Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-21

push their field work without loss of time. |
There has been no rain since yesterday |
morning, but the fall on Tuesday was .6S |
of an inch. making 5S inches for the sea-
SON 1t is blowing still from the south, and |
cloudy. The farmers report the early-sown |
grain as looking fine.
MARYsvILtE, January 20th.-Rsin has |
been falling at intervals for the last twenty |
four hours, making SO of an inch for the
storm, and 25 inches for the season. All |
the farmers are busy blowing for winter
sowing, which was delayed somewhat by
the dry spell. Early-sown grain is grow
ing finely, and the prospects for good
crop the coming harvest compare well with
any of the former seasons.
MONTEREY, January 20th.-Rainfall for
the last twenty-four hours, .OS of an inch
for the storm, 10; total for the season, 2.40
inches. The weather is very favorable for
heavy storm tonight. The outlook for
crops and feed around this part of the
country have never been better.
GILRoY, January 20th.-The rainfall for
the storm, "a OF an inch for the season,
3.37 inches. Feed for stock has been saved
by the timely storm. The crops are only
partially planted, and are sufficiently back
ward to bave escaped injury from frost.
The rain is sufficient to enable farmers 20
pillow. The fruit trees are looking well.
The farmers anticipate remarkably good
season. the ground being saturated from
last year still.
MARTINEZ, January 20th.-The rainfall
for the last twenty-four hours was .05 of an
inch; for the storm, IS; for the season,
81 inches 1t is threatening more rain.
Crop prospects will not be good unless we
have more rain within a month.
MODESTO, January 2Oth.-The rainfall in
the last forty eight hours is .0S of an inch.
TOTAL for season, 80: The crops already
in are not specially suffering. Many
farmers on the west side of the San Joaquin
river have been unable to finish blowing.
The harvest elsewhere in the county will
be fair if rain comes within ten or twenty
days.
FRESNO, January 20th.-The rainfall for
the last twenty-four hours is 40 of all inch.
Total for the season, 2,21, being II more
than in 1884 at the same date, when 1891
inches fell. The farmers are hopeful.
TowLEs, January 20th.-It has sto-med
for two days, and is raining hard tonight,
and good prospects for long storm.
GRASS VALLEY, January 20th-Three
inches of rain have fallen since the present
storm began on Monday. The farmers and
stockmen are all exultant at the bright
prospects for good crops and pasture Tor
the future, as up TO the presenttime, owing
to the light rainfall, they were not very
sanguine. The storm still continues, and,
As 1t now looks. will continue. Up to the
present date for this season 10 inches have
fallen, while at the same date last year 81
inches of rain had fallen.
LAKEroRT, January 20th-The heaviest
rain of The season fell here Tuesday night.
"Wednesday morning the gauge registered
.9S of an inch, just exactly the same as was
registered for the same time at the same
date last year. Thirty hundredths fell
yesterday and last night, making total
for the season of 6 05 inches, against % p
inches for the same time last year.
HoLL1sTEE, January 20th-Amodnt OF
rain for the storm, go of an inch for the
season, 90 inches. The grain is growing
nicely, but without heavy late rains the
crops cannot mature. The outlook for
continuation of the storm is favorable.
Los ANGELS, January 20th- Rainfall
for the past twenty -four hours, 20 of an
inch Clear weather to-day. Total rain
fall for the season, % inches. The pros
pect for fruit are good, and our best ranch
ers are sanguine of crop of grain.
BAKERSFIELD January 20th.-The rain
an inch For the season it has been about
one and half inches, but in the foothills
and mountains it has probably been twice
that amount. The crop outlook is well, as
the requisite moisture is supplied by irriga
ton. The area in grain is small, but other
crops will be larger than last year. More
attention is being given to fruit, chiefly in
in the way of peaches and raisin grapes.
The Railroad Commissioners at Watson
vile.
JACKSONVILLE, January 2Oth-The Rail- |
road Commissioners with their Secretary
and stenographer, arrived here at 1890 |
The railroad company was represented by
f. J. Martin. Jr. They were met ct the |
train by Reception Committee, and after
lunch proceeded to the Town Hall, that
was already filled to more than its capacity
BY interested persons.
The meeting was called to order by Ed |
ward White, one of our largest farmers, |
brother of Senator White, who babe the |
Commissioners welcome and introduced |
them TO the audience.
After a statement of the object of the |
meeting, the Commission was addressed by |
julius Lee, who presented the claims of the |
farmers, merchants and fruit growers in a |
concise manner. He was followed by Jas. |
Waters, Ira Thurber, C. /. Burks, Berry |
man e. White, G. NJ. Bockins, farmers, |
and A. Lewis, merchant, and others. |
Among the best points made was the state !
ment that the berries raised by C. T. |
Burcks, after being iolted crossing the |
railroad track at Wstsonville, had to he
hauled nearly two miles before they could |
be shipped.
Mr.. White stated that IL order to ship |
some wood to Santa Cruz he had to haul it |
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nany brought it back through Watsonville. !
Commissioner Abbott evinced a desire to |
get at the bottom facts, and led in question !
ing the complainants.
Mr.. Rea asserted that the matter of depot |
locations was beyond the jurisdiction OF the |
Commission, but he was speedily knocked |
out with copy OF the State Constitution,
in Article MI, Section %, defining the |
powers of the Commission.
The farmers and merchants here are |
thoroughly aroused, and ii is understood |
that should the complaints TO this Commits |
sion meet the same fate as have similar
ones to their predecessors and the railroad |
company, overtures in the shape of the |
right of way, ground for depot, etc, will |
be extended to the South Pacific Coast Mar
row Gauge in return for the extension of |
their lines from Santa Cruz 10 this place.
In answer to the question as to the !
amount OF berries raised here last year,
Mr.. Thurber replied Fifteen thousand
chests and the damage resulting from a
lack of shipping facilities amounted TO
from 10 cents to 81 per chest" The in
vestigation lasted one hour and a half, !
which was a very short time for an affair
of such magnitude.
A Defiant Farmer.
CHIco, January 20th.-At Dayton, a
town six miles south of Chico, |
Charles Farnes, a young farmer of /
about twenty-six years, ten days |
ago deserted his wife and three children,
took up with loose female and moved to |
Chico. An Indignation meeting of Day
ton citizens was held, and they determined !,
if ever Farnes returned to that town he
would receive coat of tar and feathers and |
be ridden out of town on rail- When the
news of this meeting reached Farnes at |
Chico be at once returned to Dayton and |
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